Benoit Stichelbaut / Workers cleaning beach of spilt oil from cargo boat "TK Bremen", beached by heavy winds. Erdeven, Brittany, France, December 16th 2011.
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Benoit Stichelbaut / Cargo boat "TK Bremen" beached by heavy winds. Erdeven, Brittany, France, December 16th 2011.
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Gerrit Vyn / Flock of oiled Brown Pelicans (Pelecanus occidentalis) on a beach behind an oil covered containment boom. This nesting colony is the largest in Louisiana and was heavily contaminated by the BP Deepwat...
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Gerrit Vyn / Aerial view of oiled bird nesting colonies in Barataria Bay area of the Mississippi River delta, with oil spill containment booms attempting to prevent more oil coming ashore. These waters are contami...
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Gerrit Vyn / Laughing Gull (Leucophaeus atricilla) juvenile, heavily oiled as a result of the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Baldwin County, Alabama. USA, June 2010.
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Gerrit Vyn / Human footprint and oiled beach from the BP Deepwater Horizon oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico. Baldwin County, Alabama. USA, June 2010.
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Wild Wonders of Europe / Carwardine / Aerial view of Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) swimming through oil slick, Skjalfandi Bay, Northern Iceland, July 2009
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Dan Burton / Aerial view of the shipwrecked 'Napoli' with tugs and oil spill visible on water's surface, near Sidmouth and Branscombe, Devon, UK, 2007
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Mitsuaki Iwago / King Penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) covered in oil, South Georgia Island
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Ashley Cooper / Oil pollution in Lyme Regis harbour, probably from a fishing vessel, Dorset, UK. June 2012
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Ashley Cooper / Tar sands deposits mining north of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada. August 2012
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Ashley Cooper / Tailings pond at the Syncrude mine north of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada. Tailings ponds in the tar sands are unlined and leach toxic chemicals into the surrounding environment. August 2012
